Article: Drew confessions: she's a charismatic powerhouse with an infamous past. But when it comes to her guy (and her girlfriends), Drew Barrymore is as sweet and sentimental as any girl in love.(Interview)

It's very "on" in New York's Mercer hotel lobby tonight. Sean Penn and Robert De Niro are tucked away in one corner; producer Brian Grazer and a gaggle of film execs talk shop in another. It's like a high school cafeteria for the A list. It's only fitting, then, that Drew Barrymore should breeze through the door in a black '70s-style leather jacket and a green fringed scarf, hair loose and curly, a slouchy bag slung over her shoulder. You look for a nice young man carrying her books.

Throwing her bag down on a banquette amid a flurry of hellos, Drew excuses herself briefly and pops, sprite-like, around the tables, charmingly and effectively getting the measure of ...

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